How to Write a Summary of an Academic Article in English: Writing Tips

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Thank you for this video! I am an ESL college level professor and I teach EAP courses. So many students do not know how to write summaries. This video was so helpful to me, and I shared it with my students. Great video!

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Thanks a lot professor. Specially for the last part where you actually showed us how to do it from the scratch.

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To listen to you videos it makes good as I had a challenge on compiling a summary it makes easy for to do the draft.

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Thank you very much for such a helpful video not only for students, but also for teachers: good instructions on the steps to follow how to organize the critical reading and understanding process, dividing the text into separate sections and outlining the content, and finally, only based on the previous steps, the process of writing a summary. I am going to use your video while teaching my students.

[@LearnAcademicEnglish]

I'm so glad you found it helpful! Yes, I think the process of critical thinking and analyzing a reading is the most important first step 😀 Say hello to your students for me!

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This is the best video i have seen on summarising, i have watched 4 videos on summary and all just said to shorten the the whole paragraph, no one mentioned if we have to add details or not or which details are important so i really understood a lot in your video and i love how you explained with a example, other videos just showed a question, showed their summary and ended the video. Thank you so much!

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Thank you for the clear explanation, the best summary ever I read

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1-Understand what you are reading 2-extract the important ideas and list them. 3-write the summary in your own words.

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DOUBT Can i follow these instructions to write summary of story

[@LearnAcademicEnglish]

Good question! Yes, you can! For a story, you're going to read the whole thing and take notes while you're reading -- try to make a list of the main events in the plot. When you write your summary, the first sentence can tell what the story is about. Next, mention the setting (when and where the story takes place) and the main characters (don't mention too many characters). Next, explain the main events in the plot.

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This video was very helpful. I would like to know if the structure with one paragraph could also be used if we would need to sum up longer articles with more pages. Thank you for your help!

[@LearnAcademicEnglish]

Yes you can! The summary length depends on the length and complexity of the original. You could write a longer paragraph (e.g. closer to 1 page) to summarize a longer article, or you could split the summary up into separate paragraphs. When you read the article, separate it into sections. Then make a list on a separate paper of the main points and most important details for each section. If the article has 4 sections, your summary could have 3 paragraphs: 1 paragraph to tell the main idea of the whole article and describe the first section, 1 paragraph to describe the second section, and so on. I hope that helps.

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This video helped me alot however still i have one doubt that can we use same word from the article into summery when we donot find any relatvent specific word for paraphrasing.

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Yes, you can use the same words if you don't find a good synonym. That is actually an important point -- sometimes if we try too hard to use synonyms, the writing can become awkward, so sometimes it's better to stick with some of the original words, especially if they are key words in the article.

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I don't have any videos about synthesis essays. Sorry!

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I am thinking for a while what are the best sentences to start a summary

[@LearnAcademicEnglish]

Here are some examples: In the article "Fear of Flying," Pedro Martinez discusses the reasons that people are afraid of heights. In the story "Heaven Hell," author Jhumpa Lahiri explores the difficulties facing one immigrant family after moving to the United States. Follow that formula with the article title, author's name, verb in the simple present, and the topic of the article. I hope that helps!

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I need help writing a summary on a scholars essay.

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How can interpretat our opinions in summary to describe our perspective. Thanks for helping write summary

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Summaries typically do not include your opinion. When we add our opinion to a summary writing, we call that a response. We usually separate the summary and the response, so you could write one paragraph for the summary and one paragraph for your response, where you discuss your opinion.

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Hi thank you so much.What about fictional novels?

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Good question! Make a list of the most important plot points. Just enough to understand the overall story. Include a few basic details about the setting (where, when) as well. Use that list to write the summary as a paragraph.

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Ma'am I've a question. Do I have to add a title for any summary? Eagerly waiting for your answer 😊

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Hello! No, a title is usually not necessary for a summary.

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Dear professor, my academic writing is not good enough to paraphrase anything in my own words. Can you please recommend any solutions to improve my writing shortcomings....

[@LearnAcademicEnglish]

Good question! The most important thing is to build vocabulary so that you can change the words to synonyms that make sense. Second, just practice. Based on your comment, it seems like your writing is strong enough to paraphrase. Try to practice and you will feel more confident soon.

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If the article include subtitles of each paragraph should we keep them or delete them and just write paragraphs with words like: first all ,next etc??

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We usually use transition words or words to show order like “first,” “next” etc.

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It's not easy, but I always give my students this tip: What does the writer want you to know? Imagine that you have to explain the article to your grandmother. How can you explain it in an easy, simple way?

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I don't understand your question. Can you write it again please?

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[@LearnAcademicEnglish]

Did you think it was easy? I didn't think so. However, it is short and fairly clearly organized. If it had been a very long or complex article, it would have been too difficult to show how to summarize it in a KZbin video!

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